In spring, there is a traditional seasonal food in my hometown-Hao Zi Ba Ba! Folk customs include: eating wormwood Baba on the third day of the third lunar month. The old people said, "Eating wormwood on this day will make you feel refreshed!" . My hometown is in Dabie Mountain. In spring, Artemisia annua is everywhere on the mountain, and every household in the local area will make a kind of wormwood Baba. Over the years, I have traveled through many cities, but I have never eaten wormwood Baba again. That is the taste of my mother, and that is the taste of my hometown.

Artemisia scoparia L. is a herbaceous plant, commonly known as Artemisia scoparia L., with green leaves and slightly leucorrhea at the bottom. Before Tomb-Sweeping Day, it was the best time to make Artemisia annua Baba, because once the Artemisia annua grows tall, it becomes bitter and full of vitality after a winter. At this time, a kind of grass called Artemisia annua rose on the earth, lying gently in the fields, beside the country roads or among the flowers on the hillside. Adults take advantage of their leisure time to take the basket with their children and gently pick it up. Children have to smell its fragrance. In spring, the fragrance of wormwood is different from the richness of flowers, adding a touch of different feelings to the earth.

Baba is made of tender Artemisia leaves. After picking Artemisia, it is washed and rubbed in the river, then mashed with a knife, drained and dried. Then glutinous rice flour is mixed with water, and the elegant family is served with the leftover bacon and other condiments. By pressing, pressing and kneading, the round Artemisia Baba is made. The prepared Baba can be fried and steamed. If it is cooked too much at one time, it can also be refrigerated in the refrigerator, and it can be eaten when heated at any time. However, the prepared Baba is fried immediately, which is more fragrant and delicious. Pour a little rapeseed oil into the pot and fry the wormwood until it is golden on both sides. If the oil is short, you can brush it a little and fry it.

At that time, many people had to go out to work after the Spring Festival. When they left home, they would bring a lot of wormwood Baba, and they also brought this delicious food to the north and south of the country for friends from other places to taste. I never understood why the old man said that eating Baba "the soul", a kind of delicious food, made wanderers far away from their hometown remember the taste of their hometown forever.